Is Kalamazoo safe? United States travel risk
Is Kalamazoo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kalamazoo scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kalamazoo scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kalamazoo: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Michigan (42.2749° N, 85.5882° W), Kalamazoo sits 814.5 km ESE from Washington at 239 m elevation.
Michigan
42.2749° N, 85.5882° W
239 m
America/Detroit
204,408
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kalamazoo happened in March (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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